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{{Infobox noble<br />
| name = Bernard the Lightsome<br />
| title = Duke of Lwówek, Jawor<br />
| image = Bernard Zwinny seal.PNG<br />
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| caption = <br />
| noble family = [[Silesian Piasts]]<br />
| father = [[Bolesław II the Bald]]<br />
| mother = Hedwig of Anhalt<br />
| spouse = <br />
| issue = <br />
| birth_date = 1253 or 1257<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = 25 April 1286<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Bernard the Lightsome''' (also known as '''of Lwówek'''; {{langx|pl|Bernard Zwinny}} or ''Lwówecki''; 1253 or 1257 – 25 April 1286) was a Duke of [[Lwówek Śląski|Lwówek]] (Löwenberg) since 1278 (with his brother until 1281) and [[Jawor]] (Jauer) during 1278–1281 (as a co-ruler of his brother).<br />
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He was the third son of [[Bolesław II the Bald]], Duke of [[Legnica]] by his first wife Hedwig, daughter of [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt]]. It is not known when exactly he was born but had to happen before 1258, because seven years later he was sent to [[Wrocław]] by his father with the ''[[Tithe]]'' to the Bishop Thomas.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Bernard actively supported the policy of his father Bolesław II and his brothers, [[Henry V the Fat]] and [[Bolko I the Strict]] (for example, he participated in the victorious [[Battle of Stolec]]). After the death of his father in 1278, Henry V gave his younger brothers Bernard and Bolko I the Duchies of Lwówek (Löwenberg) and Jawor as co-rulers. However, his independent rule began only three years later, in 1281, when he and Bolko made the division of their domains and Bernard received Lwówek. Little is known about this period in Bernard's life, and the only certain fact was (according to the chronicles), that he promoted and protected knights, a common practice among medieval princes. This also maybe justified the nickname "Zwinny" (Lightsome, Clever) given to him by contemporary sources. Lwówek had a special gratitude to him after he supported the Silesian monastery of the [[Knights Hospitaller]], where he was a generous benefactor, giving them among other things in 1281, the village of {{Interlanguage link multi|Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój|pl|3=Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój|lt=Cieplice}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uzdrowisko-cieplice.pl/en/history |title=History: Cieplice Health Resort |accessdate=13 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630002939/http://www.uzdrowisko-cieplice.pl/en/history |archive-date=30 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Bernard died unmarried and childless in 1286. He was buried in the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] church in [[Legnica]], and his lands were inherited by his brother Bolko.<br />
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